When I was waiting in a bar where were you ?
When I was buying you a drink where were you ?
When I was crying home in bed where were you ?
When I watched you from a distance did you see me ?
You were standing in a queue did you see me ?
You had yellow hair did you see me ?
I want to talk to you all night do you like me ?
I want to find out about your life do you like me ?
Could you ever be my wife do you love me ?

Writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol dies of anaemia due to self-starvation at the age of 43 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

On the night of 24 February 1852 Gogol burned some of his manuscripts which contained most of the second part of 'Dead Souls'. He explained this as a mistake, a practical joke played on him by the Devil. Soon thereafter he took to bed, refused all food and died in great pain nine days later.

(x)140 years ago

Sunday 4th of March 1877

The ballet 'Swan Lake' by 37-year-old Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is performed for the first time by the Bolshoi Ballet in Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

The Russian ballerina Anna Sobeshchanskaya for whom the role of Odette was intended was pulled from the première performance when a governing official in Moscow complained about her, stating that she had accepted several pieces of expensive jewelry from him only to then marry a fellow danseur and sell the pieces for cash.

Alleged Nazi war criminal László Csatáry is born in Mány, Fejér, Austria-Hungary.

(x)99 years ago

Monday 4th of March 1918

306 die in USS Cyclops collier disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle.

The Naval History & Heritage Command has stated she "probably sank in an unexpected storm" but the ultimate cause of the ship's fate is unknown.

(+)79 years ago

Friday 4th of March 1938

Musician, poet and occultist Angus MacLise known from The Velvet Underground is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.

(-)73 years ago

Saturday 4th of March 1944

Mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc Louis Buchalter, originally Lepke is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 47 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

A few minutes before Buchalter's execution, his lieutenants Mindy Weiss and Louis Capone were also executed.

(-)69 years ago Il en Finissait avec le Jugement de Dieu

Thursday 4th of March 1948

Playwright, poet, actor and theatre director Antonin Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud known for le Théâtre de la Cruauté dies of a lethal dose of chloral hydrate at the age of 52 in Clinique Esquirol, Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.

Artaud was found at the foot of his bed clutching his shoe. It is unknown whether Artaud was aware of the lethality of the drug chloral hydrate.

(x)65 years ago

Tuesday 4th of March 1952

119 die in train derailment and collision in Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(-)62 years ago

Friday 4th of March 1955

Murderer Carl J. Folk is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 57 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

The 4.310-ton French vessel was carrying 76 tons of Belgian munitions from the port of Antwerpen. Thirty minutes after the first explosion, while hundreds of people were involved in a FAR-organized operation to rescue victims and secure the ship, a second even more powerful explosion occurred, resulting in many further fatalities. At the time of the explosion, Che Guevara was in a meeting in the INRA building nearby. The explosion is often attributed to the CIA who wished to overthrow the new government of Fidel Castro.

Edgar Underkofler is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Danville, Illinois, United States.

(-)30 years ago

Wednesday 4th of March 1987

Spree killer Eliseo Hernandez Moreno is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Moreno's last meal request was for four cheese enchiladas, two fish patties, french fries, milk catsup and lemon pie.

(x)23 years ago

Friday 4th of March 1994

27-year-old Musician Kurt Donald Cobain aka The Pope of Grunge is found in a coma due to a suicidal cocktail of Rohypnol and champagne by his wife Courtney Love in Westin Excelsior Hotel Suite 541, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Cobain was immediately rushed to the hospital, and spent the rest of the day unconscious. After five days in the hospital he was released and returned to Seattle. Courtney Love later stated that the incident was Cobain's first suicide attempt.